please look inside /usr/portage/skel.ebuild and see how its done there.

//Spider

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On Wed, 15 May 2002 00:17:25 +0200
hanez <you@hanez.org> wrote:

> hello all,
> 
> i have some problems with an ebuild i made:
> 
> ###START SNIP
> 
> >>> Install myprogramm-0.9.0-r1 into 
> /var/tmp/portage/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/image/ category media-sound
> Making install in src
> make[1]: Entering directory 
> `/var/tmp/portage/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/work/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/src'
> make[2]: Entering directory 
> `/var/tmp/portage/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/work/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/src'
> /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/bin
>   /bin/install -c myprogramm /usr/bin/myprogramm
> ACCESS DENIED  open_wr:   /usr/bin/myprogramm
> /bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/bin/myprogramm':
> Permission denied
> make[2]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/var/tmp/portage/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/work/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/src'
> make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/var/tmp/portage/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/work/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/src'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> strip:
> >>> Completed installing into
> >/var/tmp/portage/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1/image/
> 
> --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY 
> ---------------------------
> LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-myprogramm-0.9.0-r1-12505.log"
> 
> open_wr:   /usr/bin/myprogramm
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------!!! emerge aborting on  
> /usr/portage/media-sound/myprogramm/myprogramm-0.9.0-r1.ebuild .
> 
> ###STOP SNIP
> 
> when i compile "myprogramm" by hand there are no problems. the emerge
> process stops when installing the binary to /usr/bin/myprogramm. the
> LOG FILE on ly have this content:
> 
> ###START SNIP
> 
> unlink: /usr/bin/myprogramm
> 
> ###STOP SNIP
> 
> help would be wonderfull... i'm so confused after sitting here for
> hours §%&$.
> 
> :-(
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> hanez
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